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How Long did the School Year Last in Early America?
12 June 2023, Carole Shammas
My interest in researching this question stems from reading the reminiscences of Horace Mann, the mid-nineteenth century leader of the public school movement.…...

Hybrid Pedagogy, World-Centered Education, and the Civil Rights Movement
13 January 2023, Max Jacobs
Slate’s research into educations during the civil rights movement presents three distinct takeaways. Perhaps the most compelling part of Slate’s findings come...

Their Wins Are Their Own, Not Ours
16 September 2022, Jasmine Porter Rallins
In July of 2021, Zalia Avant-garde, an eighth grader from Harvey, Louisiana, became the first Black student to win the Scripps National Spelling Bee in the...

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